Significant Improvement for Wounded Soldier

A spokeswoman for Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva' announced, Sunday, that First Sergeant Mordechai Yamin has regained consciousness and has been moved from the intensive care unit to the surgical ward. Yamin suffered severe head wounds from shrapnel in a mortar attack on the Eshkol Council region on Thursday.

Seven people wounded during the Protective Edge counter-terror operation remain at the hospital, which has treated more than 130 casualties since the start of the campaign.